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Top Ten 2018 Crafts

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I had too many great crafts to choose from this past year, but I eventually narrowed it down. In no particular order, here are my 10 favorite craft projects of 2018!

  1. Brusho Butterfly — My first big try at Brusho. Love it!

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2. A Bevy of Birthday Blooms

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3. Week in the Life Album 2018 — Always love this project!

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4. 3D Christmas Tree

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5. Kaleidoscope of Butterflies - Using a ton of random scraps!

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6. Teddy Bear Greetings - Clean and simple baby card

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7. Coffee Cups!

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8. Poinsettias and Plaid

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9. Floral Cup of Happiness

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10. Hand Delivered Bouquet

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categories: Birthday Cards, Other Crafts, Project Life, Christmas Cards, Baby/Wedding/Anniversa..., Misc- Cards, Thank You
Wednesday 01.09.19
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Merry Christmas 2018

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Christmas card. Tomorrow is the big day, but before we get there, I had one more card to share with you. I love all the pretty patterned paper Stampin’ Up! comes out with every year. I decided to show off that paper with a simple card for the season.

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  • Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments

  • Inks: Cherry Cobbler

  • Cardstock: Dashing Along DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Rhinestones; White Polka Dot Tulle Ribbon

  • Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Ovals Framelits

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tags: Snowflake Sentiments, Dashing Along DSP
categories: Christmas Cards
Monday 12.24.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Merlot Sparkles

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card full of shimmer and shine. I love a bit of sparkle on my cards, but wanted it to be subtle. And so I layered some great DSP pieces on top of a larger piece of Merry Merlot Glimmer Paper. The sparkle is sneaky! To bring up my sentiment, I also wrapped some copper thread around underneath. Love that shine!

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  • Stamps: Snowflake Sentiments

  • Inks: Merry Merlot

  • Cardstock: Joyous Noel DSP; Merry Merlot Glimmer Paper; Tranquil Tide; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Copper thread

  • Tools: Oval Framelits

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tags: Snowflake Sentiments, Merry Merlot Glimmer Paper, Joyous Noel DSP
categories: Christmas Cards
Friday 12.21.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Washi Tape Christmas

Today’s card set are a CASE from Amy Koenders. I love the simplicity of a big sentiment and some Washi tape. I pulled some sentiments and Washi tape from stash and put together four slightly different cards.

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  • Stamps: Wonderful Year

  • Inks: Shaded Spruce; Real Red; Mossy Meadow; Cherry Cobbler

  • Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler; Mossy Meadow; Whisper White; Very Vanilla; Call Me Clover; Real Red

  • Accessories: various Washi tape

  • Tools:

tags: Wonderful Year, Washi Tape
categories: Christmas Cards
Wednesday 12.19.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Lime and Lipstick Christmas

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a Christmas card featuring nontraditional colors. I love lime green and pink for Christmas cards, so I ran with that color palette. After searching through my DSP container, I stumbled upon the Broadway Bound DSP featuring both colors. Perfect! I set to creating a stack of presents as the center piece of my card. I kept the design simple and only added a sentiment and piece of ribbon to finish the card.

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  • Stamps: Many Blessings

  • Inks: Lovely Lipstick

  • Cardstock: Broadway Bound DSP; Basic Black; Gray Granite; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Lemon Lime Twist Ombre Ribbon

  • Tools:

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tags: Many Blessings, Broadway Bound DSP
categories: Christmas Cards
Monday 12.17.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Farmhouse Blessings

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using a color technique. I’m all about my Stampin’ Up! markers to add that little bit of something extra to my cards. For today’s card, I layered on the patterns before stamping and coloring in my central image and sentiment. Every once in awhile, I love playing with a ton of patterns.

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  • Stamps: Many Blessings

  • Inks: Cherry Cobbler; Mossy Meadow; Basic Gray; Old Olive; Crushed Curry; Real red

  • Cardstock: Festive Farmhouse DSP; Mossy Meadow; Cherry Cobbler; Very Vanilla

  • Accessories: Very Vanilla Lace Trim

  • Tools:

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tags: Many Blessings, Festive Farmhouse DSP
categories: Christmas Cards
Friday 12.14.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Candy Canes and Holly

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using your favorite Christmas DSP. I love the colors and patterns in the Santa’s Workshop DSP pack. I wanted to show off the beautiful paper, so I kept the sentiment and additions fairly simple.

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  • Stamps: Making Christmas Bright

  • Inks: Garden Green; Poppy Parade

  • Cardstock: Santa’s Workshop DSP; Garden Green; Poppy Parade; Basic Black; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Santa’s Workshop Enamel Shapes

  • Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Candy Cane Builder Punch

tags: Making Christmas Bright, Santa's Workshop DSP, Enamel Shapes
categories: Christmas Cards
Friday 12.07.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Poinsettias and Plaid

Today’s card is simple yet striking. I CASEd this great design from Sarah Berry with some minor alterations. I love the little bit of plaid peeking through underneath.

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  • Stamps: Pop of Petals; Merry Mistletoe (retired)

  • Inks: Garden Green; Cherry Cobbler

  • Cardstock: Farmhouse Christmas DSP; Cherry Cobbler; Garden Green; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Gold Faceted Gems

  • Tools: Four-Petal Flower Punch

tags: Pop of Petals, Merry Mistletoe, Farmhouse Christmas DSP
categories: Christmas Cards
Wednesday 12.05.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

Santa and Snow

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a with the theme of Winter Wonderland. I stumbled upon this card from Sandra Korten and I just had to CASE it. She uses a great combination of colors and elements to create a very fun winter card. I kept most of her elements while subbing out the colored paper and twine.

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  • Stamps: Better Together

  • Inks: Real Red

  • Cardstock: Santa’s Workshop DSP; Twinkle Twinkle DSP; Real Red; Whisper White

  • Accessories: Silver Sequin Trim

  • Tools: Stitched Shapes Framelits; Softly Falling Embossing Folder

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tags: Better Together, Santa's Workshop DSP, Softly Falling Emboss
categories: Christmas Cards
Monday 12.03.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 

3D Christmas Tree

Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card featuring some punch art. I choose to go simple and create a Christmas tree out of one of my punches. After digging through, I settled on the Christmas bulb punch to create the “leaves.” From there, I stamped some leaf detail using a retired stamp and got to punching. After assembling my tree, I added a few ornaments with a hole punch and a tree topper with a star punch. For a final touch, I added some Wink of Stella “snow” to my card face.

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  • Stamps: Cookie Cutter Christmas; Merry Mistletoe (retired)

  • Inks: Real Red; Old Olive

  • Cardstock: Merry Merlot Glimmer Paper; Copper Glimmer Paper; Pool Party; Old Olive; Read Red; Whisper White; Early Espresso

  • Accessories: Wink of Stella

  • Tools: Christmas Bulb Punch; Star Punch (retired); Hole Punch

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tags: Cookie Cutter Christmas, Merry Mistletoe
categories: Christmas Cards
Friday 11.30.18
Posted by Tobe Buffenbarger
 
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